DRACULA—the seminal horror novel that launched a thousand vampires, with its mists flowing in under doors, open caskets, bats beating ferociously against windows, garlic flowers and golden crucifixes hanging in bedrooms.

Widely considered to be one of the top 100 books of all time, Bram Stoker’s Dracula has spawned a host of film, television, and stage adaptations, and more than 100 years after its initial publication, it continues to hold readers spellbound.

ABRAHAM “BRAM” STOKER (1847 –1912) was an Irish novelist, best known for his pioneering Gothic novels, Dracula, The Lair of the White Worm, The Snake’s Pass, and The Lady of The Shroud.